General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 24-30 inches
Plant Spread: 2-10 feet
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Other: lobed
Flower Color: White
Yellow
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Will Naturalize
Good as a cover crop
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Stolons and runners
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Sweet Butterbur
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Petasites frigidus var. palmatus
  • Synonym: Petasites palmatus

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Date: 2007-01-12
Photo courtesy Terra Nova Nurseries,Inc. wwwterranovanurseries.co
Location: Tellys Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2010-05-28
Location: Tellys Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2010-05-28
Location: Tellys Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2010-05-28
Location: Tellys Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2010-05-28
Location: Tellys Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2010-05-28

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
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